Stephen Mead's Blog (30)

Sometimes, in retrospect, I see how much in my work I have still collaged, only without the glue

Added by Stephen Mead on July 28, 2012 at 10:11am — No Comments

Amazing Tunes Widgets for "Whispers of Arias" (Collaging Sound as Songs Project)

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Added by Stephen Mead on July 14, 2012 at 9:27am — No Comments

Whimsical Site and Structure of Assemblage Art

http://www.wallawalladada.com/index.html

I hope many artists from here will enjoy paying a visit to this Musuem of Un-Natural History created by Gerald Matthews.

Added by Stephen Mead on July 10, 2012 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Appropriation or Homage? Feeback welcome (Just don't throw stones please, I bleed easily)

Initial statement when I posted this to Yahoo before Yahoo dropped videos made by seersucker suit wearers like me:

"When I first began experimenting making films out of my artwork and poetry I came across a product called Photoshow. This allowed me to create "fades" & other effects, while also utilizing captions. (At that point I was not savvy enough to figure out how to use a sound recorder and microphone.) I tried achieving the same thematic effect using windows movie maker, but…

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Added by Stephen Mead on June 24, 2012 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Interesting Article on Outsider Artists Describing Themselves

http://flavorwire.com/253868/searching-for-a-definition-of-outsider-art-at-the-outsider-art-fair

What, exactly, is outsider art? The label evokes a jumble of adjectives, from amateur to self-taught, shoddy to innovative, mad to genius, naive to prophetic. With this question in mind, we attended the 20th annual Outsider Art Fair in New York City over the weekend. Browsing…

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Added by Stephen Mead on January 31, 2012 at 10:24am — No Comments

Cut Paper Dioramas

Amazing Patience Art: If I tried doing this there would be blood everywhere and lots of crumpled wads of paper angrily thrown all over the floor!

http://flavorwire.com/229698/10-amazing-cut-paper-diorama-artists

Carving their way into the realm of fine arts thanks to pioneers like Kara Walker, paper dioramas aren’t just for elementary school projects anymore. Cut-paper art is an ambitious endeavor…

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Added by Stephen Mead on November 19, 2011 at 10:21am — No Comments

A Change of Pace: From Visual Art to Sound Collage as Song

Added by Stephen Mead on November 8, 2011 at 10:58am — 2 Comments

Call for Collage Art, Free Entry

http://www.csw.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=713784

Thompson Gallery Announces National Call for Collage-Based Art

7/30/2011

2012 marks the centennial of the appearance of collage in painting. In that time, collage has become ubiquitous within contemporary art and culture and its myriad applications have arguably expanded its original definition to become the most inclusive… Continue

Added by Stephen Mead on October 7, 2011 at 6:29pm — No Comments

The Phenomenal Janice Lowry

http://www.janicelowry.com/

A world of assemblage wonders is gathered at this web page.

Added by Stephen Mead on June 12, 2011 at 9:22am — 1 Comment

For Inspiration: Lori Nix & Her Fascinating Worlds

http://flavorwire.com/140317/daily-dose-pick-lori-nix

Artist Lori Nix photographs evocative urban and pastoral scenes from a post-human world of disaster and decay — but first she has to build them.

The most astonishing thing about Nix’s magical, melancholy masterpieces is how they are made. Each museum, mountain vista, library, and laundromat is a painstakingly detailed diorama, taking the artist months to… Continue

Added by Stephen Mead on May 30, 2011 at 9:24am — 1 Comment